Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing inventions 09/06

20060208101 - Lilly pad water toy: A water toy includes a resilient pad connected to a water supply through a flexible water conduit. The resilient pad is shaped like a lilly pad, flower, leaf or other such pleasing and entertaining shape. The flexible water conduit is connected to the water source such that each resilient pad...

20060208102 - High speed rotating atomizer assembly: An atomizer assembly (10) drives an atomizing bell (108) to apply paint onto a part (14). The atomizer assembly (10) includes a core (24) having at least one paint line (26) extending therethrough, a turbine device (40) circumscribing an axis (A) and disposed in the core (24), and a turbine...

20060208103 - Floating handheld sprayer: A handheld sprayer system includes a spray nozzle side having a spray nozzle opposite a sprayer back side having a recessed area to receive hygiene tools. The spray head includes a buoyancy volume which permits the handheld shower sprayer system to float....

20060208104 - Handheld shower sprayer dual temperature sprays and additive intermixing: A handheld shower sprayer system includes a first spray nozzle and a second spray nozzle with separate fluid supplies to provide a dual temperature spray or, alternatively to mist steam either simultaneous with, or separate from, water sprayed from the first spray nozzle. A reservoir stores a skin treatment liquid...

20060208105 - Modular fuel nozzle and method of making: A modular fuel nozzle configuration is defined which permits lower-cost manufacturing operations such as injection moulding to be employed. Also described is a method of making such a component....

20060208106 - Fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine: A fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine, having two valve elements each having a hydraulic control surface acting in the closing direction and associated with a hydraulic control chamber. A control valve influences the pressure in the control chamber, and loading devices act on the valve elements in...

20060208107 - Fuel injector with direct control of the injection valve member and variable boosting: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine has an at least two-stage pressure boosting or a variable pressure boosting and an actuator able to actuate an injection valve member. A prestroke element travels a prestroke distance hv during the opening movement of the injection valve member...

20060208108 - Fuel injection valve: A relationship between an inner diameter A of a sac volume and a distance from a central axis of the sac volume is set to satisfy a condition of 1≦A/2B≦20. In this way, fuel, which flows from the sac volume into each injection hole, will be injected from the injection...

20060208109 - Electromagnetic fuel injection valve: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which a coil assembly is housed in a solenoid housing including a cylindrical magnetic metal coil case which integrally has, at one end side, a ring-shaped end wall portion and a press-fit cylindrical portion integrally connected to an inner periphery of the end...

20060208110 - Connection device for hose and watering nozzle: A hose connection device includes a handle and a first flange extends from an inner periphery of the through hole of the handle. A connection member has a axial passage and a second flange extends from an outer periphery thereof. The connection member is inserted in the through hole and...

20060208111 - Showerhead extension arm: A showerhead extension arm comprising a generally tubular body portion, first and second hub members, a showerhead engaging portion, and a shower arm coupling. The first hub member is rotationally secured to a first end of the tubular body portion and the second hub member is rotationally secured to a...

20060208112 - Spray head for electrohydrodynamic spray device and electrohydrodynamic sprayer system: A spray head for use with an electrohydrodynamic spray device is provided. The spray head comprises at least one nozzle and a shroud that at least partially surrounds the nozzle. The nozzle is configured to provide a charged aerosol from a liquid formulation. The nozzle comprises a manifold having at...

20060202048 - Spray indication: A method and device are provided for providing sensory cues, signals, or indicators regarding the status of electrohydrodynamically spraying a material, including power-on status of an electrohydrodynamic spray device, active electrohydrodynamic spray status, and material status within the electrohydrodynamic spray device. In particular, audible, tactile, or intermittent visible signals indicate...

20060202049 - Injection valve with a corrosion-inhibiting, wear-resistant coating and method for the production thereof: A fuel injector for injecting water, in particular into the gas flow of fuel cells, has a valve needle having joined to its spray-discharge end a valve-closure member, which cooperates with a valve-seat surface formed on a valve-closure member a sealing seat. A spray-discharge orifice is provided downstream from the...

20060202050 - Device for diffusing volatile substances: The device for diffusing volatile substances comprises two containers (1, 2) to hold respective liquids with respective volatile substances. Each container has at least one aperture closed by a cap (12, 22). The device is configured so that it can be located on a supporting surface with the containers (1,...

20060202051 - Communication system for multizone irrigation: A multizone irrigation system includes a central control unit having a central control system interfaced with a central valve and a central communication unit. The central valve regulates water flow for irrigation from a water source and can lower water pressure in the pipes at its output. The central communication...

20060202053 - Control valve assembly and fuel injector using same: The present disclosure provides a control valve assembly having at least one housing with a first and a second passage. First and second valve members are disposed at least partially within the housing, and in series. The first and second valve members are moveable between a first position to close...

20060202052 - Fuel injection valve comprising two coaxial valve needles: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having an outer valve needle and an inner valve needle guided therein, in which the outer valve needle and the inner valve needle can be actuated independently of one another. In an especially preferred embodiment, the course of injection of the inner...

20060202054 - Dispensing method: In a method for cleaning a liquid delivery device such as a dispensing or pipetting device, the liquid chamber can be flushed in a cleaning step. To remove gas bubbles which might exist in the liquid chamber, for example, the liquid in the liquid chamber is vibrated during the cleaning...

20060202055 - Device and method for producing a protective liquid wall: The invention relates to a device and to a method for producing a protective liquid barrier which prevents gases (G) coming from a structure, such as a machine, a storage unit or a production system (P), from spreading at ground level beyond a particular area in the event of an...

20060202056 - Roller: A roller comprising a substantially cylindrical body (2) and a handle (3) pivotably attached to the body, the body (2) comprising a chamber (8) for containing a liquid, an outlet (16) in fluid communication with the chamber (8) and pump means (11) for dispensing a liquid from the chamber (2)...

20060202057 - Fertilizer distribution apparatus: A multi-purpose fertilizer distribution apparatus is described that can be incorporated into a new or existing underground irrigation system that facilitates the distribution of either liquid or solid fertilizer in the form of tablets or pellets. A main canister is adapted with an air sealed removable lid to allow access...

20060202058 - Push-pull ball valve closure for pull and spray dispenser: A child-proof spray system and a dispensing closure for a spray system. The closure has a ball valve that can seal when the closure is in an open position allowing spraying to occur, but cannot seal when the closure is in a closed position inhibiting spraying....

20060202059 - Method and device for mixing fluid flows: The present invention relates to a method for mixing at least two separate fluid flows (2, 3), in particular for a burner of a power plant. To improve the mixing, a plurality of swirl flows (7, 8), which are annular and concentric with respect to a longitudinal center line (6),...

20060202060 - Dispensing device handle assembly: A hand tool includes at least a handle and an adjustable finger shelf, or a handle and a trigger. If a handle and adjustable finger shelf, one of the handle and adjustable finger shelf includes a first engagement portion, and the other of the handle and adjustable finger shelf includes...

20060202063 - Injection hole plate and fuel injection apparatus having the same: In an injection hole plate of a fuel injection apparatus, a second-side hole section of each injection hole extends from a downstream end of a base wall of the injection hole plate and is communicated with first-side hole sections, which extends from an upstream end of the wall of the...

20060202062 - Orifice disc for fuel injector: An orifice disc for a fuel injector includes two orifices that provide a desired interaction between two fuel flows to increase fuel atomization and improve combustion performance. The orifice disc includes a first orifice and a second orifice that are disposed at an interaction angle relative to each other. The...

20060202061 - Spraying system: An atomization system for fuels, particularly for charging a chemical reformer for obtaining hydrogen, includes a fuel injector, an atomization tube, an air inlet and at least one metering aperture. The atomization tube features at least a first section and a second section having different outer diameters or wall thicknesses....

20060202064 - Bundle of nozzles for vacuum packaging: Disclosed are a bundle of nozzles for vacuum sealing a plastic bag that are inserted into the plastic bag to form air discharging passages by the coupling to one another and are then heat sealed together with the plastic bag. The bundle of nozzles of this invention include a plurality...

20060202065 - Nozzle for vacuum packaging: Disclosed is a nozzle for vacuum sealing a plastic bag, the nozzle including: an embossing part formed on the peripheral surface of the nozzle, so that air discharging passages are formed on the peripheral surface of the nozzle; and a plurality of break lines formed at predetermined regular intervals on...

20060202066 - Fluid injection valve: In a fluid injection valve, a fuel filter is installed in an upstream portion of the housing. A valve element is slidably installed in the housing to lift off and seat on a valve seat provided at a downstream portion of the housing. A passage portion is provided in the...

20060202067 - Electrostatic atomizer and its cleaning method: An electrostatic atomizer 30 has a removably attachable canister 24. Once a paint bag 2 housed in the canister 24 exhausts, it is replaced by a new canister 24. Paint in a paint bag 2 is driven out by a mono pump 35 located in a pump segment 23 of...

20060196964 - Air freshener and method: An air freshener device includes a scent material interspersed within a polymer body or a polymer gel, and capable of dispersing out of the polymer gel. The polymer body and a polymer gel can be flexible and compressible, and also resilient and returnable to its original configuration. In addition, the...

20060196965 - Air freshener with picture frame: A picture display frame includes front and rear sides. A recess is disposed within the rear side of the display frame. A volatile material holder is disposed within the recess of the rear side. The volatile material holder includes a reservoir and a vapor permeable membrane. A slot is disposed...

20060196966 - Taste enhancer: This invention relates to a taste enhancer, which comprises a connecting member, an extension member and an aroma-producing device. The connecting member is connected to a rim of a food/drink container and the extension member is connected to the connecting member and extends to a particular location, which is near...

20060196967 - Nozzle for pressure washer or liquid sprayer: A nozzle for use with a pressurized fluid delivery apparatus having an output device for discharging pressurized fluid includes a body portion configured to be coupled to the output device, an orifice supported by the body portion and through which the pressurized fluid is dischargeable, and a tactile indicator coupled...

20060196968 - Controlled formation of vapor and liquid droplet jets from liquids: Devices for generating a vapor jet from a source liquid comprise a capillary force vaporizer and a condensation controller. Generally, a capillary force vaporizer comprises a porous vaporizer having capillary-sized pores, an enclosure and a vapor egress orifice. The capillary force vaporizer forms a vapor jet from unpressurized liquid by...

20060196969 - Extendable sprinkler: An extendable sprinkler having a housing, a first extendable member, a second extendable member and a nozzle is disclosed. The first extendable member is slidably positioned within the housing and is movable from a retracted position to an extended position extending from the housing. The second extendable member is slidably...

20060196970 - Spray nozzle for spray forming a reactant mixture applied with a flat fan spray: A method of spray forming articles with a nozzle that sprays in a flat fan-shaped spray pattern. The process may be used to spray form articles having a skin formed from a polyurethane composition. Repeated passes of the nozzle partially overlap to apply a deposit having a relatively consistent thickness...

20060196971 - Shower head: A shower head comprises a head chamber 10, a water inlet 2 for the supply of water into the chamber and a water outlet 1 including a plurality of openings 11 for the outlet of water from the chamber. A rotor 3 is mounted for continuous rotation within the chamber...

20060196972 - Bodyspray having adjustable spray orientation: A bodyspray assembly is provided that includes a coupling assembly connected to a spray face. The spray face is operable to emit a directed spray having an omni-directionally adjustable angular orientation. Hence, a spray face in the form of a tile having an array of outlets can direct spray in...

20060196973 - Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines: A fuel injection valve, having a valve body that contains a bore whose combustion chamber end is delimited by a valve seat from which at least two injection openings lead. The bore contains outer and inner concentric valve needles whose ends oriented toward the combustion chamber each open and close...

20060196975 - Fuel injector for internal combustion engines: A fuel injector for injecting fuel that is at high pressure into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine has an injection valve member triggered by an actuator and a coupler chamber; the actuator acts on the injection valve member and the injection valve member opens or closes at...

20060196974 - Fuel injector having a gradually restricted drain passageway: A fuel injector for a work machine is disclosed. The fuel injector has a nozzle member with at least one orifice and a needle valve element having a tip end and a base end. The needle valve element is axially movable to selectively allow and block fuel flow through the...

20060196976 - Injection nozzle: The invention provides an injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle (2) including an outer valve member (8) received within a bore (6) provided in a nozzle body (4) and being engageable with a first seating region (20) to control fuel flow from a first delivery chamber...

20060196977 - Drip irrigation system employing parallel adjacent flowpaths: A drip irrigation tube having a plurality of sequentially placed emitters formed on an interior wall of the tube. Each emitter employs a series of parallel flowpaths axially positioned along the tube to provide for closer proximity of inlet ports to discharge chambers thereby providing for closer spacing of the...

20060196978 - Fuel injection valve: A valve seat member has a valve seat with a fuel injection aperture. A valve body is movable between a close position wherein the valve body is put on the valve seat and an open position wherein the valve body is separated from the valve seat. A biasing member biases...

20060196964 - Air freshener and method: An air freshener device includes a scent material interspersed within a polymer body or a polymer gel, and capable of dispersing out of the polymer gel. The polymer body and a polymer gel can be flexible and compressible, and also resilient and returnable to its original configuration. In addition, the...

20060196965 - Air freshener with picture frame: A picture display frame includes front and rear sides. A recess is disposed within the rear side of the display frame. A volatile material holder is disposed within the recess of the rear side. The volatile material holder includes a reservoir and a vapor permeable membrane. A slot is disposed...

20060196966 - Taste enhancer: This invention relates to a taste enhancer, which comprises a connecting member, an extension member and an aroma-producing device. The connecting member is connected to a rim of a food/drink container and the extension member is connected to the connecting member and extends to a particular location, which is near...

20060196967 - Nozzle for pressure washer or liquid sprayer: A nozzle for use with a pressurized fluid delivery apparatus having an output device for discharging pressurized fluid includes a body portion configured to be coupled to the output device, an orifice supported by the body portion and through which the pressurized fluid is dischargeable, and a tactile indicator coupled...

20060196968 - Controlled formation of vapor and liquid droplet jets from liquids: Devices for generating a vapor jet from a source liquid comprise a capillary force vaporizer and a condensation controller. Generally, a capillary force vaporizer comprises a porous vaporizer having capillary-sized pores, an enclosure and a vapor egress orifice. The capillary force vaporizer forms a vapor jet from unpressurized liquid by...

20060196969 - Extendable sprinkler: An extendable sprinkler having a housing, a first extendable member, a second extendable member and a nozzle is disclosed. The first extendable member is slidably positioned within the housing and is movable from a retracted position to an extended position extending from the housing. The second extendable member is slidably...

20060196970 - Spray nozzle for spray forming a reactant mixture applied with a flat fan spray: A method of spray forming articles with a nozzle that sprays in a flat fan-shaped spray pattern. The process may be used to spray form articles having a skin formed from a polyurethane composition. Repeated passes of the nozzle partially overlap to apply a deposit having a relatively consistent thickness...

20060196971 - Shower head: A shower head comprises a head chamber 10, a water inlet 2 for the supply of water into the chamber and a water outlet 1 including a plurality of openings 11 for the outlet of water from the chamber. A rotor 3 is mounted for continuous rotation within the chamber...

20060196972 - Bodyspray having adjustable spray orientation: A bodyspray assembly is provided that includes a coupling assembly connected to a spray face. The spray face is operable to emit a directed spray having an omni-directionally adjustable angular orientation. Hence, a spray face in the form of a tile having an array of outlets can direct spray in...

20060196973 - Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines: A fuel injection valve, having a valve body that contains a bore whose combustion chamber end is delimited by a valve seat from which at least two injection openings lead. The bore contains outer and inner concentric valve needles whose ends oriented toward the combustion chamber each open and close...

20060196975 - Fuel injector for internal combustion engines: A fuel injector for injecting fuel that is at high pressure into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine has an injection valve member triggered by an actuator and a coupler chamber; the actuator acts on the injection valve member and the injection valve member opens or closes at...

20060196974 - Fuel injector having a gradually restricted drain passageway: A fuel injector for a work machine is disclosed. The fuel injector has a nozzle member with at least one orifice and a needle valve element having a tip end and a base end. The needle valve element is axially movable to selectively allow and block fuel flow through the...

20060196976 - Injection nozzle: The invention provides an injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle (2) including an outer valve member (8) received within a bore (6) provided in a nozzle body (4) and being engageable with a first seating region (20) to control fuel flow from a first delivery chamber...

20060196977 - Drip irrigation system employing parallel adjacent flowpaths: A drip irrigation tube having a plurality of sequentially placed emitters formed on an interior wall of the tube. Each emitter employs a series of parallel flowpaths axially positioned along the tube to provide for closer proximity of inlet ports to discharge chambers thereby providing for closer spacing of the...

20060196978 - Fuel injection valve: A valve seat member has a valve seat with a fuel injection aperture. A valve body is movable between a close position wherein the valve body is put on the valve seat and an open position wherein the valve body is separated from the valve seat. A biasing member biases...